Avocats – England

Ian Whitfield

Senior Associate Ian is a Chartered UK and European Patent Attorney working in the Advanced Engineering and Consumer Products & Manufacturing teams. Ian advises SMEs and multinational companies on patent and registered design matters. Due to his breadth of experience, Ian is comfortable handling work in many different technical fields, from transport (including automotive, rail and micromobility), to consumer products, white goods, energy, and oil and gas.

Reddie & Grose LLP

Ian Wood

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

Ian Young

Ian has 30 years' experience of personal injury claims from various perspectives. Over the years he has acted for a number of insurer clients on a defendant basis, both in the traditional panel solicitors environment and also in-house for a major insurance group where he ran a team dealing with road traffic claims from first notification to trial. Ian has also spent a number of years pursuing claims on behalf of claimants and has gained the ability to view a personal injury claim from all perspectives. Ian is currently involved in costs recoveries work for major insurers, organisations, councils and police forces, often seeking and obtaining findings of fundamental dishonesty against claimants.

Weightmans LLP

Ian Yule

Ian is a construction lawyer with some 25 years’ experience. He has advised on various large projects, with a particular emphasis on power stations and process plants. His wide experience means that he is well-equipped to guide employers, contractors and consultants through the construction phase and beyond. He is experienced in adjudication and all other form of dispute resolution. He has been ranked in the legal directories for many years. Legal 500 says he “has a technical background which is most helpful in analysing and preparing claims and witnesses, which he does exceptionally well”. His recent experience includes: acting for a substantial contractor on a time and money claim, in which a multi-million pound sum was awarded in adjudication; guiding a university through a lengthy dispute with its FM contractor; advising a project management company on a complex High Court claim; acting for a health sector developer in an extension of time adjudication; and defending a sub-contractor in an arbitration that was then resolved by mediation..

Shoosmiths LLP

Ida Aduwa

Senior associate solicitor

Leigh Day

Ieva Giedraityte

Ieva is an experienced duty qualified solicitor and supervisor at the firm.

Lloyds PR Solicitors

Ifrah Ahmed

Ifrah is a solicitor within the personal injury and clinical negligence department and has significant experience in personal injury law having worked in the industry since 2012. Ifrah provides legal representation in relation to claims for personal injuries on behalf of individuals who have sustained serious injuries arising from road traffic collisions, accidents at work and accidents in public places. Her expertise includes, but is not limited to, cases involving traumatic brain injury and serious orthopaedic injuries. Ifrah also legal represents clients in relation to clinical negligence matters including, claims for delay in diagnosing, surgical injuries and orthopaedic injuries resulting from delay, misdiagnosis and negligence.

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Iftkhar Ahmed

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Ijaz Ahmad

Director & Head of Conveyancing

Farani Taylor Solicitors

Ikram Malik

Ikram is a Partner and Head of Business Immigration in our employment, pensions & immigration team. A vastly experienced solicitor, Ikram advises businesses to become approved sponsor licence holders, enabling them to employ non-settled skilled workers. He's a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association. Ikram represents a range of corporate clients across various sectors, including healthcare, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, technology, banking and finance, property and construction and sport. When working with clients, Ikram looks to build and develop long-term relationships as a trusted adviser. His ability to deeply understand clients’ needs enables him to provide a bespoke service in accordance with their business objectives.

Brabners LLP

Ilan Kotkis

Ilan is a partner in our Corporate & Commercial Department. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions and works with a wide range of clients on a variety of domestic and cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions. Working with entrepreneurs, private equity firms and companies across a range of industries, Ilan advises clients in corporate finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers, equity capital markets and joint ventures. He also provides clients with advice on general corporate legal issues.

Seddons GSC LLP

Ilana Swimer

Ilana advises both companies and employees on all aspects of both non-contentious and contentious employment law. As well as advising on day-to-day HR matters, she has particular expertise advising on Employment Tribunal proceedings, restructurings, workplace disputes, discrimination claims, managing sickness absence, restrictive covenants, disciplinary and grievance matters, exit strategies, settlement terms, TUPE and business reorganisations.

Keystone Law

Ilda De Sousa

Ilda is a partner in the immigration team with more than 19 years of UK corporate immigration law experience, managing large company clients as well as handling complex matters for individuals, British nationality applications, appeals, judicial reviews and applications under European Law including Brexit related advice. Ilda also has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Points Based System, including assisting employers with sponsor licence applications, to include advising on their compliance obligations. Equally, she has extensive experience in advising entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals. Ilda has spoken on matters of immigration law for several distinguished organisations throughout her career. She has also written several articles on a variety of subjects relating to UK Immigration law.

Kingsley Napley LLP

Ilia Dvorkin

Ilia has 25 years of experience and is a recognised expert in asset finance. His practice focuses on a range of aircraft financing matters including pre-delivery payment financings, ECA financings, aircraft sale and purchase transactions, portfolio sales and leasing, as well as related tax, customs and regulatory issues. Though his work is predominantly within the aviation sector, Ilia also advises on shipping deals and assists clients with other related banking and finance transactions. Ilia’s clients include aircraft lessors, airlines, financial institutions, export credit agencies, manufacturers, and transport operators. He primarily supports clients in the Middle East but also has experience advising across a variety of regions including the CIS, Central Asia, and Caucasus.

Keystone Law

Ilia Martynov

Legal Consultant

Sterling Law

Ilona Avramenko

Ilona is an aviation and superyacht law expert, with more than 15 years’ experience working within the maritime sector. Her practice involves advising ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, companies, and banks on a range of yachting and aviation matters. This includes all manner of transactional and advisory work including, sale and purchase, construction/refit, leasing and asset financing. Ilona also advises on ownership structures, registration, and VAT/importation of yachts and aircrafts. Having an in-depth understanding of regulatory matters in respect of yachts and aircraft, a part of Ilona’s practice involves structuring helicopter operations off yachts. Ilona’s commercial approach and business efficacy stems from her involvement in her family’s ship-owning business prior to her embarkment on a legal career. Having instructed legal counsel regularly, she understands the need for coherent and commercial legal advice always bearing in mind the client’s business needs.

Keystone Law

Ilsu Ari

Ilsu completed a BA (Hons) in Law from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where she was elected a Junior Scholar and was awarded the Lizette Bentwich prize twice. She later pursued an LLM in International Business Law at the LSE (Distinction) and completed the Bar Vocational Studies course specialised in Advanced Advocacy Skills with an LLM at City Law School (Distinction). She is a recipient of the Sir Thomas More Scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Bar in March 2024 (Lincoln’s Inn). During her time at university, Ilsu participated in international moots such as the 2021 Jessup Competition (quarterfinalist and 15th Best Oralist in Preliminary Rounds). She recently coached the LSE Team for the 2024 Oxford IP Moot. Prior to joining CANDEY, Ilsu conducted research on the confluence of various areas of law and emerging technologies like blockchain. She completed the Computer Science for Lawyers course of Harvard Law School Executive Education and worked as a Legal AI Analyst for start-up Safe Sign Technologies. She was a copyright consultant for the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art, as well as a research assistant at the LSE Law School. She published an article on blockchain and database rights in the Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, as well as an article on international taxation in the LSE Law Review. Ilsu is fluent in both Turkish and French and has basic knowledge of Spanish and German.

CANDEY

Imam Qazi

Imam is a member of the real estate team and an Islamic finance specialist with considerable experience in dealing with a range of high-value and complex investment, finance and development transactions. An active participant in the Islamic Finance market for over 15 years, he has developed a broad Islamic Finance practice advising investors and financial institutions on a range of shariah compliant products and structures.

Foot Anstey

Imogen Fallon

Imogen Fallon is an Assistant Solicitor in the Children Team at Vardags, working under the leadership of Caroline Korah. She advises on a wide range of private children law matters, including Child Arrangements Orders (lives with, spends time with), parenting arrangements, international child abduction, internal relocation, moving abroad and leave to remove applications. Imogen regularly works on cases involving safeguarding issues, child protection and complex family dynamics. Known for her intellectual rigour and empathetic approach, Imogen brings a calm, strategic presence to emotionally charged disputes involving children.

Vardags

Imogen Finnegan

Imogen is a specialist employment lawyer with a background in both international private practice and consultancy. She advises clients across a broad range of sectors on all aspects of the employment lifecycle – from recruitment and day-to-day HR support to dispute resolution and managing exits. Imogen has experience working with individual, senior executive clients as well as large corporates and SMEs, tailoring her advice to the specific needs and commercial realities of each client. Her work for employer clients covers the full spectrum of employee relations and HR issues from policy reviews and contract drafting to supporting with sensitive workplace matters and complex employee exits. Imogen also delivers bespoke training to clients on a wide range of employment law topics, helping organisations stay compliant and confident. Imogen has particular experience supporting SMEs as an integrated part of the client team and is focused on delivering effective solutions to their employment problems. Imogen is known for providing clear, pragmatic advice that balances legal risk with commercial priorities. “Imogen is quite simply an extraordinary people strategist. Her legal acumen is second to none but her human approach is what we appreciate the most, ensuring that we are able to grow as a business and look after our employees.” Imogen holds a degree in psychology and a coaching qualification, which enhance her understanding of workplace dynamics and support a thoughtful, empathetic approach to HR and employee relations issues.

Bellevue Law

Imogen Holmes

Browne Jacobson LLP

Imogen Kelly

Solicitor

Curzon Green Solicitors

Imogen Moss

Associate Solicitor

Poppleston Allen

Imogen Payne

Imogen is a senior associate in the corporate and finance team in Carey Olsen’s London office. Imogen advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including banking finance, real estate finance, mergers and acquisitions, collective investment schemes and group reorganisations.

Carey Olsen LLP